Florida’s privacy lawsuit last week against Roku surprised some data-protection experts, since the state’s Digital Bill of Rights frequently carries an asterisk in lists of the 20 state comprehensive privacy laws -- if it’s included at all. In the aftermath, however, some privacy experts told Privacy Daily that they’re still not ready to add Florida to the list.
Recent innovations in AI have greatly expanded the capabilities of age estimation, said panelists during a webinar hosted by BBB National Programs Thursday. They added that while there are risks associated with the tech, new regulations offer more protections for children’s privacy and data.
Whether age-gating measures truly protect children online or just raise other legal concerns is unclear, speakers said during Hogan Lovells' The Data Chronicles podcast Thursday, which focused on age assurance in the U.S. and U.K.
Video-streaming box maker Roku “collected, sold and enabled reidentification of sensitive personal data” without receiving authorization or providing meaningful notice, the Florida attorney general’s office said Tuesday. AG James Uthmeier filed a complaint under Florida’s comprehensive privacy law and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the state’s 20th Judicial Circuit Court.
Privacy is an ever-evolving landscape, meaning that company privacy policies, technologies and teams must be constantly updated, panelists said Wednesday during a webinar hosted by Didomi, a consent-management software vendor. With enforcement actions by regulators increasing and legislators continuing to implement new laws, companies must stay on top of the latest developments, they added.
A comprehensive privacy bill passed the Pennsylvania House with "noteworthy" applicability thresholds and categories of sensitive data, a Philadelphia-based privacy attorney said Thursday. The state House also passed a bill Wednesday that would add a private right of action to the state’s data breach notification law.
Democratic state lawmakers around the U.S. want to ban algorithmic pricing, but the “corporate lobby” is killing or watering down proposals, Colorado Rep. Javier Mabrey (D) said Wednesday.
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Uncommon and broadly applicable data minimization requirements in the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) could pose major compliance challenges for companies when the law takes effect Wednesday, privacy attorneys representing businesses said in interviews. Some advertisers could opt out of the Maryland market rather than comply with the state's comprehensive privacy law, said David LeDuc, Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) public policy vice president.
A company complying with Maryland’s data minimization standard would be in compliance with a similar measure proposed in a Massachusetts comprehensive privacy bill that’s moving quickly toward passage, said Massachusetts Sen. Michael Moore (D) on the floor Thursday. However, Moore also said he’s fine with Massachusetts being an “outlier” among the 20 states with privacy laws.